A not so common occurrence...

After sitting in with a training group on Thursday evening in Central Park, myself and two teammates headed out of the park on E 72nd street when we were promptly stopped from heading across town on 72nd by a police blockade.  We rolled across 5th avenue to talk with the police to see if we could roll down 72nd despite being closed.  The officer told us we wouldn't make it any further than one block before getting kicked off the road.  We asked what was going on.  "The President is in town.  You may want to go north or south a block, there are snipers all over the roofs on 72nd."  That was all it took for us and we headed up to 74th to cut across town.  None of us fancied the idea of being in any one's cross hairs...